Robots put fun into STEM learning

Southern Tier students demonstrate math, science, technical skills

7:51 PM,
Mar. 1, 2013

From left, Cody Ripley, Brady Sargeant, Artasia Scott and Emily White prepare Friday to demonstrate the LEGO robotic vehicles they built in a special program at the Southside Community Center in Elmira during a breakfast focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in Horseheads.

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Ray Finger

Local students demonstrated Friday that science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, are not only a critical part of education but also can be fun.

Youngsters Cody Ripley, Brady Sargeant, Emily White and Artasia Scott demonstrated vehicles they built and programmed during a special after-school LEGO robotics programs at the Southside Community Center in Elmira.

"We first talked about STEM activities a couple of years ago. At first, I did not know how it would be received by the kids," Pam Noviello, executive director of the community center, said during the Expanded Learning ...